Market Trader September 13th, 2019 - In This Week

Security camera for market place

A newbie bites the dust

Hounslow Market is to close at the end of this month, despite the fact that a council town centre progress document seen by the Chat calls the event a ‘completed improvement co-funded by the Outer London Fund and Hounslow Council’.

We need ‘nowstalgia’

In July the national town centre vacancy rate was 10.3%, the highest since January 2015. But with High Street footfall down by 2.7% leading to a three-month average decline of 4.0% maybe these figures should some as no surprise.

Don’t throw it, sew it

To mark the annual day when humanity has officially used up more than Nature can replenish in that year (Earth Overshoot Day), new research by sustainable fashion brand, Thought, has investigated why we don’t fix things anymore.

Market Trader August 30th, 2019 - In This Week

Trader sticks up for market’s operator

It’s party time!

It’s the 20th anniversary of Swiss Cottage Farmers Market and to celebrate they are throwing a party on Wednesday 25th September inviting everyone to join them in a day of music, entertainment and cake.

Council’s markets are doing well

Back to school

It’s been a funny old summer, cracking the flags one minute and trying to drown us the next. However, the fact is it’s almost over, and that means the start of a new school year and all the paraphernalia which that inevitably entails. So here’s a reminder of some of the observations and snippets of advice I gave out last year, which may (or may not) ease the passage into the new term and beyond.

Be part of Wela Market’s success at the Southampton Christmas Festival 2019

WELA Märkte GmbH have been organising Christmas markets in the UK for 15 years, but the family business has been operating for three generations, setting up Christmas markets throughout Germany and the UK.